You're just another Scavenger,
like the rest of them.
[battle cry]
[Sonic] Can I open my eyes now?
[Amy] No, Sonic, not yet.
[Sonic] Amy, you better not be tricking me into the water again.
[Amy] No trick, Sonic. Trust me. You're gonna love it.
Okay, open them!
Ta-da!
You got me... the Palm Tree?
So it is a trick.
No, Sonic, it's not a trick.
But I already have a palm tree.
That one. And that one.
And those over there.
The gift isn't just the tree.
It's all the memories we've made around that tree.
Like that time when you bet me I couldn't fly up to the top
by the time you ran home and back.
You still owe me, by the way. [chuckles]
And the time we worked together
to make Amy that coconut cream pie.
Or when I saw you buy a coconut cream pie
and tell Amy you made it.
[chuckles]
Or that time I laughed so hard,
chili shot out my nose.
[laughs] I still can't smell.
[croaks]
Yeah, really good times.
Right, Sonic?
Come on, guys, don't you think
you're all being a little too...
I don't know...
sentimental?
Look, I get it.
Tree. Friendship. Memories.
Chili dogs!
[chomping and slurping]
I guess you don't get it, do you, Sonic?
[opening theme music playing]
Ahh! [grunts]
[Thorn Rose yells]
Yahh!
Yes! The power to regenerate the jungle in a single strike.
Hi-yahh!
Ahh!
Oh! I could get used to this!
Finally, I can shut them out.
All of them.
They'll never harm the jungle again.
Uh, what was that now?
Let's see what this hammer can do!
Yahh!
[grunts]
Not good.
[grunts]
[grunts] Thorn, wait!
How many times do I have to tell you?
I'm not your enemy!
Come on, Thorn, you gotta trust me!
Hand over the pretty crystal thingy.
Please?
[laughs]
You're a fool if you think I'd give you
the heart of the jungle when I'm so close.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! So close to what? Where are you going?
To do what I must to protect the Green forever.
"Protect the Green"?
[gasps] The Scavengers!
Sorry, Thorny, I don't want to hurt you,
but I won't let you hurt anyone else.
Ha! Then you don't have a choice.
Hi-yahh!
Get in my way again, and I won't be so forgiving.
[strains]
Thorn! Wait!
[strains]
Thorn!
[sighs]
Okay.
Maybe it's not so bad.
The Scavengers have dealt with her before.
They'll be fine!
It's not like they're just sitting around eating bark.
-[chomping] -Mmm. It's good bark.
I gotta get outta here!
[chirping]
There's no roof! Of course!
Wow, I really should have thought of that sooner.
[strains]
-[chirping] -Hey, how's it going?
[grunting]
I'm free!
Gotta go fast!
♪
You again.
Yep, me again.
Look, I don't want to hurt you!
But I'm taking that hammer!
The only thing you're going to take is a beating!
[grunts]
Whoa.
[grunts]
[laughs]
-[groans] -[grunts]
Wow, that's some grip you have.
Have you-- Ahhh!
I could do this all day!
Hi-yahh!
Whoaa!
Yay! Oh! [grunts]
-Ow! -[shrieks]
Easy!
[shrieks]
Whoa!
[grunts, strains]
Whoa!
[groans]
[grunts]
Ha ha!
Whoo!
-[yells] -Whaa! Hey!
-Whoa! -Hi-yahh!
[Sonic] Ahh!
It'll take more than getting a few splinters to stop me.
Hey!
[grunts]
[groans]
[Rose Thorn] Yahh!
[grunting]
[rumbling in distance]
Huh?
See? I told you.
It's the trees coming to get us.
[grunts]
-[Rose Thorn grunts] -Whoa!
[grunts]
[grunting]
[grunts] Ow!
[grunting]
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Whoa!
[groans]
[groans, gasps]
Well, look what the cat dragged in.
I did not.
It's an expression. [gasps]
What are you doing here?
The last time we saw you,
you were with the monster, betraying us.
You got it backwards, bud.
I didn't betray you.
I went to get the Shard,
the thing you were supposed to help me get?
So... you're not after our bark?
No one wants your bark!
What's your point?
My point is, she's on her way here!
Whatever your beef is, you gotta squash it, pronto!
What's all this about beef?
What I'm saying is, you need to find some common ground!
"Common ground"?! We live in the trees!
[chuckles] This guy's paranoid.
Are you kidding me?!
You don't understand.
There is no common ground.
Not anymore.
[soft music]
We used to be... friends.
Now I can barely remember a time
when we all got along.
Sharing the spoils of the jungle.
Taking only what we needed to survive.
[screams]
[yells]
[Prim Rouge] Then, one day...
Ahhh!
[Prim Rouge] ...she chose the jungle over us,
chasing us up into the canopy, where we've been ever since.
You can't find common ground with a monster.
I can't believe that.
Amy has to be in there.
Somewhere.
Listen.
You have to make peace with Thorn.
[chitters]
No. We're done with her.
Look, we talk to her as friends
and we try to get her to listen to reason. Right?
Yeah? Are you with me?
[rumbling]
-Uh... -[chitters]
Uh, you should have listened to me!
Ahh!
[whimpers]
[Sonic] Let's go, you two!
Do we have a choice?
-Nope. -Finally!
Okay, here's the plan.
We go in gently--
[battle cry]
[Sonic groans]
[falling cries]
[Prim Rouge] Attack!
[clamoring]
[whimpering]
Maybe follow my lead this time?
-I vote yes. -[all] Yes.
All right! Follow me!
It's dark.
Too dark.
Or... she's making us think it's too dark!
Yeah, no, it's definitely dark.
[gasps]
Well, well, well...
look what the hedgehog dragged in.
Okay, be cool. Act natural.
Hey, Thorn. [chuckles]
We just want to have a friendly chit-chat.
Remember those?
[imitating Prim] Hi, Thorn, I love the bird you're riding.
[imitating Thorn] Thanks, Prim, Birdie is one of a kind.
That's an excellent treetop village you built.
Thanks, it does the job.
Why are we arguing again?
I have no idea.
Hugs? Huggsies!
[normal voice] We start there, then move on
to a constructive conversational volley about our issues,
minus the-- [grunts]
Oh, I'll get you! [grunts]
Okay, look, despite the last several--
oh, I don't know how long--
we're all really good friends here. Yeah? Right?
So let's talk this through, come to a peaceful agreement,
and who knows? Maybe by the end of it,
[chuckles] we'll all be laughing.
What is there to talk about?
See? We're talking!
Now, Amy would probably say
we should talk about our feelings.
Our "feelings"?
"Feelings..."
"Feelings."
Feelings like a trap to me.
Ugh. Okay look, I'll go first. I feel like, um...
Like you don't know what you're doing?
I'm trying!
I feel like this would be easier
if you didn't interrupt me all the time!
And I feel like this is harder than it looks,
even though Amy makes it look so easy.
-Now you go. -Me?
Sure. Go ahead.
Remember, there's no wrong way to feel.
She's distracted! Now!
-[grunting] -Hey!
You voted to follow my lead! Remember?
I feel... angry!
Yahh!
[grunting]
[grunts]
[groans]
Okay, I get it, you're angry.
But what happened to the not-fighting part?
They've proven they can't be trusted.
And now at last, it ends!
[yells]
[pants]
What did you do?
I... I did what I had to.
This should keep the Scavengers above the canopy.
Where they belong!
Thorn, You destroyed their home. They'll starve!
If that's what it takes to save the jungle...
[sighs] ...so be it.
No, no, no!
Ugh, why are none of you getting this?
You need to figure out a way to live,
all of you, together!
What do you know about togetherness?
Okay, open them.
Ta-da!
But I already have a palm tree.
The gift isn't just the tree.
It's all the memories we've made around that tree.
It's the tree that binds us all together.
Thorn, everything is connected--
you, me, the Green, even the Scavengers.
We're all a part of something bigger than ourselves.
[scoffs] What a bunch of sentimental garbage!
But you told me that.
No matter. With the Heart of the Jungle,
I have the power to make sure the Green
never gets hurt again.
"Hurt"?
I'm done with you.
You're done with me?
Fine! I'm going to talk to the Great Green!
You stay away from the Great Green!
Faster, Birdie!
Give it all you've got.
[shrieks]
Oh, Birdie! I'm sorry!
But you have to keep going.
He's probably at the Great Green by now!
[snarls]
♪
Ugh, not getting much light are you?
Man, it's gotten so dark, even Thorn has lost her way.
But don't worry, I've got a plan.
You're in it.
I know, just trust me.
Get... away.
From my... tree!
Make me!
Birdie!
Whoa?! That thing can fly?!
[shrieks]
[grunts]
Face it, Thorny! You know I'm right!
How dare you disrespect the Great Green!
There it is. Don't worry, tree, I got this.
Here I am, Thorny! Take your best shot.
[battle cry]
I think. We'll see.
What have I done?
How did this happen?
All I ever wanted was to protect the green...
and now I've ruined it.
We used to be... friends.
-[chirping] -There used to be balance.
[tree breaking]
But after a while, all I saw was
the constant taking, taking.
Finally realizing that
they were depleting our resources.
They take but never give back.
Never giving it rest.
Never giving it respect.
They were killing the jungle.
I couldn't take it any longer.
I snapped and became a monster.
[battle cry]
I couldn't sit back and let it happen.
But I could never get back to who I used to be.
[sobs]
-[grunts]
I... I didn't see it like that.
I'm sorry, Thorn. I didn't know. I...
[whimpers]
[sighs]
♪
[cawing]
Ta-da!
Go. Up there.
Stretch your wings.
[chirps]
Go ahead.
-[bright music] -[cawing]
You, too.
You just gotta spin your little tails.
[chitters]
[laughs]
[chuckles]
It got so dark, I lost myself.
It was selfish to keep Birdie from flying
while trying to shut...
you all out.
You were right to defend the jungle,
but the thing is, this jungle is unnatural.
The Shard, it knocked everything out of balance,
including your friendships.
How do we start over?
Well, my friend Amy would say,
"Talk to each other."
But she's a little corny.
I don't know. She sounds pretty great.
Yeah.
You are.
♪
We have to acknowledge our part in this
if we're ever going to live in harmony.
Me, too.
[frog croaks]
[croaks]
I'm not crying, you're crying. [sobs]
Oh, snap! The Shard!
These two'll find it.
Sorry, friends, gotta go! Gotta go fast!
[screeching]
Little Birdie told me where the Shard is! Yes!
Speeding dogs don't lie!
Sonic! I'm lost in the void!
-Shadow?! -You have to keep moving!
Ha-how could--? Whoa!
Ahhh!
Whaa!
[grunts]
[groans]
I'm back in New Yolk City?
How did I end up back--?
[battle cry] For a better tomorrow!
Who's with me?
Oh, no.
[closing theme music playing]